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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1810400" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>I see that you must not have read what [USER=42970]@Sthrncwboy[/USER] said, because you never liked it or answered his question about the horses. You ought to read it, He, like a lot on here, said your best bet was to get the 3 calves. And, if you have the materials already to do it, it ought not to take a weekend for the 4 of you to finish the fencing. Then put some cattle on it., The bush hogging is a non-issue...you can do that with cows on it. And 10 acres? You could start on it after church on Sunday and be done by suppertime. And he alternate plan he suggested, getting a couple of nurse cows and do what [USER=39373]@MurraysMutts[/USER] does is an excellent fit for a 10 acre spread like yours. </p><p></p><p>What<em> I </em>would do...if I wanted the things you have expressed you wanted, would be to buy those 3 weanlings for $1500. Keep them til the grass is gone in the fall, putting 2 or 3 hundred pounds apiece on them, then sell them. At current market prices, you are looking at $1500-$1600 each. Take that $4800 and put half of it up, Take the other $2400, split with your friends for $1200 a couple. You can buy all the steak and hamburger 2 people can eat in a year for that. About March, take that $2400 you put up and look for a bred Jersey cow to buy,. Or maybe even two. Don't buy a 1st calf heifer. Buy a heavy bred cow carrying her 2nd or subsequent calf. Find out what she is bred to. You don't want a heifer bred to a Charolais or Simmental bull. You want a 2nd- and- up -calf cow bred to say, Angus, or Hereford, Even Brahma. Or even to a Jersey is ok. After she calves, buy 2 or 3 more ( not all at once, stagger them about 3 weeks apart [USER=39373]@MurraysMutts[/USER] can advise you better on this. ) to put on her, AI her using sexed Brahma semen for a Br x Jer heifer,, She will bring you $1500 at weaning.... easy. Your equine vet can AI her no problem. The 2-3 orphans you buy to put on her? You can eat them or sell them or both. If you get 2 cows, you'd have 2-3 calves each....y'all and your partners. This is <em>my </em>opinion on what<em> I </em>would do, but you know what they say about opinions...opinions are like a$$holes: Everybody has one and they all stink! </p><p></p><p>But seriously, you are a lot more ready to fool with 3 weaned calves than you think you are. Does your bf or partners have any experience with cattle? </p><p></p><p><strong>Now, what kind of horses do you have and how do you use them?</strong> Where do you keep them now?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1810400, member: 40587"] I see that you must not have read what [USER=42970]@Sthrncwboy[/USER] said, because you never liked it or answered his question about the horses. You ought to read it, He, like a lot on here, said your best bet was to get the 3 calves. And, if you have the materials already to do it, it ought not to take a weekend for the 4 of you to finish the fencing. Then put some cattle on it., The bush hogging is a non-issue...you can do that with cows on it. And 10 acres? You could start on it after church on Sunday and be done by suppertime. And he alternate plan he suggested, getting a couple of nurse cows and do what [USER=39373]@MurraysMutts[/USER] does is an excellent fit for a 10 acre spread like yours. What[I] I [/I]would do...if I wanted the things you have expressed you wanted, would be to buy those 3 weanlings for $1500. Keep them til the grass is gone in the fall, putting 2 or 3 hundred pounds apiece on them, then sell them. At current market prices, you are looking at $1500-$1600 each. Take that $4800 and put half of it up, Take the other $2400, split with your friends for $1200 a couple. You can buy all the steak and hamburger 2 people can eat in a year for that. About March, take that $2400 you put up and look for a bred Jersey cow to buy,. Or maybe even two. Don't buy a 1st calf heifer. Buy a heavy bred cow carrying her 2nd or subsequent calf. Find out what she is bred to. You don't want a heifer bred to a Charolais or Simmental bull. You want a 2nd- and- up -calf cow bred to say, Angus, or Hereford, Even Brahma. Or even to a Jersey is ok. After she calves, buy 2 or 3 more ( not all at once, stagger them about 3 weeks apart [USER=39373]@MurraysMutts[/USER] can advise you better on this. ) to put on her, AI her using sexed Brahma semen for a Br x Jer heifer,, She will bring you $1500 at weaning.... easy. Your equine vet can AI her no problem. The 2-3 orphans you buy to put on her? You can eat them or sell them or both. If you get 2 cows, you'd have 2-3 calves each....y'all and your partners. This is [I]my [/I]opinion on what[I] I [/I]would do, but you know what they say about opinions...opinions are like a$$holes: Everybody has one and they all stink! But seriously, you are a lot more ready to fool with 3 weaned calves than you think you are. Does your bf or partners have any experience with cattle? [B]Now, what kind of horses do you have and how do you use them?[/B] Where do you keep them now? [/QUOTE]
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